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Better Internet Series: Access to Information and Knowledge

See our article introducing this series. This article is part of a series of five articles detailing breakout sessions from the 2021 Creative Commons (CC) Global Summit related to imagining a Better Internet. Throughout 2021, community partners interested in building a “better internet” have been coming together for conversations. Some partners joined as an opportunity … Read More “Better Internet Series: Access to Information and Knowledge”

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SOPA Plus 10, reflections and continued work

On January 18, 2012, the web went dark in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), two bills introduced into the United States House and Senate in the last quarter of 2011. Why are we talking about this day ten years later? The fight for a global internet, … Read More “SOPA Plus 10, reflections and continued work”

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Introducing the Better Internet Series

This year at CC Global Summit, we hosted workshops focused on the notion of a better version of the internet. For the workshops, we prepared in smaller groups, identified common areas of interest and concern, and gathered a global group of voices to dig into the issues. In this blog post, we introduce the Better … Read More “Introducing the Better Internet Series”

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We are still against SOPA/PIPA (plus best practices on marking CC-licensed works)

In the next two weeks, the U.S. Congress will take up deliberations on SOPA/PIPA, the Internet censorship bills. We’ve written about it here and here, and we’re writing again to help stop U.S. American Censorship of the Internet. On a related note, Vice.com notes that the website of the author of SOPA, U.S. Representative Lamar … Read More “We are still against SOPA/PIPA (plus best practices on marking CC-licensed works)”

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Better Internet Series: Access to Information and Knowledge

SOPA Plus 10, reflections and continued work

Introducing the Better Internet Series

We are still against SOPA/PIPA (plus best practices on marking CC-licensed works)

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